A CDC order restricting travelers recently in Congo, Uganda or South Sudan expires Nov 10. Will the CDC extend it?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention extended its order restricting entry of travelers who had recently been in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda or South Sudan, which had been set to expire at 4:59 p.m. Eastern time on Nov. 10. The order, first issued in May 2026 and renewed multiple times, was amended and continued in a notice effective Nov. 3 that runs through 11:59 p.m. Eastern on Dec. 18, 2026, according to a Federal Register filing. The CDC has repeatedly cited the scale of an Ebola outbreak in the DRC, which by mid-2026 had approached 5,000 deaths, along with a confirmed case linked to regional travel in Kenya and ongoing concerns about cross-border movement and limited health infrastructure in South Sudan. The restrictions apply to non-U.S. nationals who departed from or were physically present in the three countries within the prior 21 days. A related requirement added in early November also obligates airline passengers on U.S.-bound international flights to file attestations about their travel history. The community's forecast was unanimous and correct: all eight Predict Six voters expected the CDC to extend the order, consistent with the agency's pattern of repeated 30-day renewals throughout 2026 as the outbreak persisted.